Offshore articles from April 2004

Offshore archives from April 2004

Getting set for subsea separation.(Comment)
April 1, 2004... While there has been talk for years about the drivers and the potential of subsea separations, never has the discussion been so widespread and intense. It is difficult to attend any industry gathering without this topic dominating the...

Americas.(Global E&P)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Pemex is reportedly planning to invest $1.18 billion in natural gas projects in the Gulf of Mexico. The money will go, in part, toward bringing four new discoveries in the Veracruz basin onstream. Much of this sum will be invested in pipeline...

Europe.(Global E&P)(Kravtsovskoye D6 project)
April 1, 2004... Houston's Signa Engineering Corp. has completed a technical study of Lukoil's Kravtsovskoye D6 project in the Baltic Sea and will continue in the role of technical advisor. Lukoil-Kaliningradmorneft retained Signa at the end of 2003 to...

Asia-Pacific.(Global E&P)
April 1, 2004... Australia's North West Shelf Venture began gas flow into one of the world's biggest offshore pipelines in mid 1Q 2004. Woodside, operator of the venture, commissioned the line as part of LNG expansion at Karratha in Western Australia. The...

Taranaki brings new investors to New Zealand.(Global E&P)
April 1, 2004... In early February 2004, New Zealand awarded 13 of 17 exploration permits offered in the 2003 licensing round, totaling more than $87 million in new investment in the Taranaki region. "The new exploration permits are a significant part of a...

Oilfield Bulletin: technology focus on carbonate reservoir stimulation.
April 1, 2004... VDA * Viscoelastic Diverting Acid offers a cost-effective solution for carbonate reservoirs, where total zonal coverage has always been key to a successful matrix treatment. The unique self-diversion characteristics of VDA fluid make it well...

Africa.(Global E&P)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Exxon Mobil Corp. subsidiary Esso Exploration Angola (Block 15) Ltd. (Esso) and Sociedade Nacional de Petroleos de Angola (Sonangol) have made another discovery on block 15. Bavuca-1 is the seventeenth deepwater oil discovery on the block. ...

Mediterranean.(Global E&P)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Shell Egypt made two ultra-deepwater hydrocarbon discoveries in a three-well campaign in the North East Mediterranean Deepwater Concession in the Nile Delta. The wells, drilled in over 2,400 m of water, set new water depth records for Egypt and...

Middle East.(Global E&P)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Qatar Shell GTL Ltd. spudded its first appraisal well in the North field for a $5 billion, 140,000 b/d integrated gas-to-liquids project. Two wells will be drilled in the field to determine the reservoir properties and structure and to...

Central Asia.(Global E&P)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... The North Caspian Sea Production Sharing Consortium and KazMunaiGaz, the petroleum authority of the Republic of Kazakhstan, have approved the development plan for the Kashagan field. With production estimates of up to 13 Bbb1 of oil, the...

Norway's leaders look ahead.(Offshore Europe)(tatoil)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... For Norway's big two, launching the Ormen Lange project was the main event of 2003, so said leading spokesmen for Statoil and Norsk Hydro during recent financial presentations in London. From Hydro's standpoint as development operator, the...

Alba inching farther south.(Offshore Europe)(AXS-2 of its Alba Extreme)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... ChevronTexaco has secured approval from its partners for AXS-2, the 48 million [pounds sterling] second phase of its Alba Extreme South development in the UK North Sea. The project entails installing a four-well manifold, the first three of...

Kristin schedule under pressure.(Offshore Europe)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Hydro would not comment on its bidding plans for acreage under Norway's current 18th licensing round. Inge Hansen viewed the reopening of the Norwegian Barents Sea for exploration as very positive for Statoil. Statoil is developing the...

Gathering satellites.(Offshore Europe)
April 1, 2004... Fewer tribulations at Aasgard, also in the Norwegian Sea, where the Mikkel subsea development has come on line, on time, and 30% within budget. The field's 28 bcm of gas and 40 MMbbl of condensate are being piped to subsea facilities on the...

LNG terminal plan for Main Pass Energy Hub.(Gulf Of Mexico)(Liquefied natural gas)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Freeport-McMoRan Energy LLC, a subsidiary of McMoRan Exploration Co., has submitted a license application to the US Coast Guard to develop a $440-million LNG receiving terminal at its Main Pass Energy Hub (MPEH) in the Gulf of Mexico, 37 mi...

Stolt completes salvage project.(Gulf Of Mexico)(Stolt Offshore S.A.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Stolt Offshore has completed the Eugene Island block 275A platform salvage project for Total E&P using mechanical cutting devices. The platform was removed from OCS-G-0988, 70 mi off the Louisiana coast in 180 ft of water. Stolt began the...

Expanded royalty relief.(Gulf Of Mexico)(Energy companies)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... The MMS has published the Final Notice of Sale 190 for an offshore off and gas lease sale to be held in the central planning area of the Gulf of Mexico. The MMS will provide royalty relief on deep oil and natural gas discoveries to encourage...

Deepest burial project.(Gulf Of Mexico)(contracts of Amerada Hess Corp. and Kvaerner Oilfield Products)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Amerada Hess has contracted Kvaerner Oilfield Products to install a 5 x 2 10Ksi side valve tree (horizontal tree) and EH MUX control system for an upcoming subsea tieback in the Gulf. The tree and controls system, rated for 2,000 ft water...

Increased recovery from subsea wells.(Subsea/Surface Systems)
April 1, 2004... The main challenge on the North Sea shelf is increased recovery from subsea wells, Director General Gunnar Berge of the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) said at the opening of a recent subsea technology conference in Bergen. Approximately...

Additional services for Devils Tower.(Subsea/Surface Systems)(Weatherford International Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Weatherford International will install the special alloy production tubing and accessories and provide drill pipe, rental tools, and nitrogen services on the Devils Tower field development project for Dominion Exploration & Production. Located...

Flowserve, Subsea 7 collaboration.(Subsea/Surface Systems)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Flowserve and Subsea 7 have entered into a collaboration agreement with the aim of exploiting the emerging subsea multiphase pumping and processing market. Flowserve and its subcontractor, Subsea 7, were recently awarded a contract by Total...

Bollinger delivers an OSV.(Vessels, Rigs, Upgrades)(Bollinger Shipyards Inc.)(offshore support vessel )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Louisiana's Bollinger Shipyards Inc. delivered the third of four 207-ft supply boats to Tidewater Inc. The Jonathan Rozier is a Bollinger-designed 220-class offshore support vessel (OSV). The fourth vessel, Bourgeois Tide, was scheduled for...

New joint venture to build jackup.(Vessels, Rigs, Upgrades)(SembCorp Marine)(Skeie Group)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... SembCorp Marine Ltd. subsidiary Sembawang Shipyard Pte. Ltd. has established a single-purpose joint venture company with Skeie Group AS subsidiary Deep Drilling 1 Pte Ltd. The new company, Kristiansand Drilling Pte Ltd., has an engineering,...

Pride gets a new semi.(Vessels, Rigs, Upgrades)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Pride International's newbuild semisubmersible Pride Rio de Janeiro left Harbor in early March to undergo two weeks of sea trials in the Caribbean Sea. Following initial trials, the rig headed further south for drilling sea trials offshore...

Keppel FELS stays busy.(contracts with ENSCO International Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Keppel FELS Ltd. has contracted with an Ensco International Inc. subsidiary to build a KFELS B class jackup rig. The Ensco 107 is a high-performance premium jackup that will be delivered late in 2005. According to Keppel, the rig is a...

Hard, abrasive formations.(Drilling & Production)(Hughes Christensen Co.)
April 1, 2004... Hughes Christensen engineers have incorporated a new generation of cutters and patented depth-of-cut control technology to increase bit stability and durability in demanding applications such as hard and abrasive formations, the company says....

Faster decision application.(Drilling & Production)
April 1, 2004... A new application platform provides enhancements for aiding in the rapid configuration of new analytic applications and new deployment support for Sun Java, System Portal Server, Java System Directory Server and IBM Websphere. The DecisionSite...

New formation tester.(Drilling & Production)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... An evaluation of LWD formation pressure testing technology by Statoil and Baker Hughes Inteq has concluded that the new tester, the TesTrak system, measures formation pressure through direct contact with the formation and transmits the pressure...

Hostile environment logging.(Drilling & Production)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Precision Drilling Corp. says it has operated a MWD/LWD tool at 375[degrees]F and 347[degrees]F bottomhole temperatures, respectively, providing wellbore and formation data in record high-temperature wellbore conditions. One of the...

Pacific monitoring.(Geosciences)
April 1, 2004... Seabed monitoring is beginning off the west coast of Canada in a zone of high tectonic activity due to several small tectonic plates that are being subducted under the North American continent. Trans-current fault systems are also active in the...

Cretaceous sea level rise.(Geosciences)(State University of New Jersey)
April 1, 2004... Cores drilled from the New Jersey coastal plain found that ice sheets likely caused massive sea level change during the Late Cretaceous--an interval previously thought to be ice-flee. Led by Kenneth G. Miller of Rutgers, The State University of...

Sea of Okhotsk.(Exploration)(Dalmorneftegeophysica )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... TGS-Nopec Geophysical Co., in cooperation with Dalmorneftegeophysica (DMNG), will shoot a multiclient 2D seismic survey northeast of Sakhalin Island in the Sea of Okhotsk. The project will gather 9,100 km of data to examine deeper basins...

Qatar 3D4C-OBC.(Exploration)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Multiwave Geophysical is completing an ocean bottom cable survey for Occidental Petroleum of Qatar Ltd. in the Persian Gulf. The 250 sq km project is a 3D four-component survey designed to increase production efficiency for the ISND and ISSD...

3D interpretation.(Technology)(Austin GeoModeling )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Austin GeoModeling (AGM), in collaboration with Silicon Graphics, has released Recon on the Silicon Graphics Onyx4 UltimateVision visualization system. Recon is a 3D geological interpretation package for visualizing and interpreting well log...

Cluster server.(Technology)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Appro International, a developer of high-density, high-performance servers, announced its new 1U and HyperBlade server cluster based on dual-Intel Itanium 2 processors. The cluster offers support for up to 17 compute nodes for a mini-cluster...

All electric subsea system may increase reliability: faster, cheaper to install.(Production)
April 1, 2004... Cameron recently launched its all-electric subsea production system. Central to this concept is the all-electric control system, which replaces the conventional multiplex electro-hydraulic (MUX E/H) technology and actuates tree valves and...

New fracturing fluids minimize costs, risks, logistics, deck space requirements.(Production)
April 1, 2004... The type of polymer, breakers, and cross-linkers are all-important parameters for fracturing fluids with special attention to environmental impact. The quest for a fluid with excellent performance and environmental characteristics has been an...

Deepwater project marks milestone in downhole readout systems: Shell, Wood Group advance subsea technology.(Production)(Wood Group Production Technology)(Shell Oil Co.)
April 1, 2004... Since 1993, Shell and Wood Group Production Technology have been installing permanent downhole readout (PDR) and chemical injection systems in the Gulf of Mexico. Toward the end of last year, the Princess field development project marked...

The SSP: a new class of hull for the oil industry: design targets smaller deepwater reserves.(Production)(Sevan Stabilized Platform)
April 1, 2004... The cost of producing petroleum through offshore facilities increases sharply as the water depths increases. In recent years, to ensure profitability in deepwater and ultra-deepwater fields, the size of processing plants and the number of...

No limit to innovative technology at OTC. 04: future energy supply drives current developments.(OTC Technical Preview)(Offshore Technology Conference)
April 1, 2004... For 35 years, the Offshore Technology Conference has presented the latest technology for global offshore exploration. This year's OTC will continue that trend as it presents Innovation Without Limits to offshore oil and gas leaders from around...

Galata development easing Bulgaria's dependence on gas imports.(Global Frontiers)
April 1, 2004... April should be considered a landmark month for Bulgaria, as its first Black Sea development comes onstream. Gas from the Galata field will provide a domestic alternative to supplies from Russia. The project also marks the first offshore...

Mauritania moves closer to first oil: environmental issues challenge development.(Global Frontiers)
April 1, 2004... Following the announcement by Woodside in January that the Chinguetti field is commercial, Mauritania should be on track to produce its first oil by 2006. Furthermore, Woodside's latest offshore discovery, Tiof, is looking very promising and...

White Rose crosses major milestones: Newfoundland's third offshore development on track for 2005/2006.(Global Frontiers)
April 1, 2004... White Rose, the third development in the Jeanne d'Arc basin 350 km east of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, is on track for production in late 2005/early 2006. According to Will Roach, general manager East Coast development...

Using single-source cements to cut costs on deepwater GoM wells: flexibility in slurry design.(Drilling & Completion)
April 1, 2004... Some of the highest risks encountered in deepwater cementing operations are related to low temperatures and shallow water flows (SWFs). These conditions present special challenges in the Gulf of Mexico. For example, with normal...

Rotary steerable system provide advantages, opportunities: 2004 rotary steerable drilling system directory.(Drilling & Completion)(Directory)
April 1, 2004... Editor's note: Offshore's directory of rotary steerable drilling equipment and services includes new and updated product specifications and descriptions provided by the participating companies. It is organized alphabetically by company, service...

Coping with drilling surprises: managing pressure with real-time borehole measurement.(Drilling & Completion)
April 1, 2004... Drilling surprises cost money, and those costs can be enormous in a challenging drilling environment. Offshore Nova Scotia, one of the most challenging environments in the world, one of the region's biggest drilling challenges is controlling...

Jackups head for deeper water: mini-boom adds eight newbuilds to the fleet.(Drilling & Completion)
April 1, 2004... Newbuild jackups are targeting plays in deeper water. Not long ago, deepwater for jackup rigs was considered to be 300 ft. Now, with Rowan's Gorilla series and the Maersk Innovator, 500 ft water depth is even closer to becoming commonplace. ...

Autononomous subsea compressor set for trial run in Norwegian Sea.(Subsea)
April 1, 2004... The world's first large-scale, subsea centrifugal compressor module could enter service late this decade on Norway's Ormen Lange project. Four high-profile operators have provided funding for a proposed 12-MW system under a four-phase...

ORG permanently cures subsidence problem on Tampen.(Subsea)(Offshore Resource Group AS)
April 1, 2004... Subsidence can wreak havoc on subsea installations. Subsea structure displacement and strain on flow lines can compromise recovery or halt production. Stopgap fixes can temporarily forestall that eventuality, but the situation requires a...

Dual turbine channels improve options.(Subsea)(Seatools, New Zealand based underwater equipment and dredging instrumentation provider)
April 1, 2004... Seatools recently delivered its third Carrera 4, mass flow, remote-operated excavation system to Bergen-based Oceanteam Shipping. The latest system is being mobilized to work offshore Vietnam, while the previous two are on duty in the Gulf of...

Cell spar enables Red Hawk development.(Construction & Installation)(Devon Energy Corp.)(Kerr-McGee Corp.)
April 1, 2004... The evolution of spar technology continues to open the door to deepwater opportunity. Kerr-McGee launched a third-generation production spar last month to produce the Red Hawk field in Garden Banks block 877. The cell spar design is a first of...

Advances in technology change the face of LNG: LNG moves offshore.(Construction & Installation)(liquefied natural gas)
April 1, 2004... Offshore technology promises to be the next step forward for a rapidly evolving and growing LNG industry. Until now, LNG primarily has been sold into captive markets under dedicated trades between onshore liquefaction and regasification...

Pipeline dewatering project meets technology, weather challenges.(Pipeline & Transportation)(Weatherford Pipeline and Specialty Services)
April 1, 2004... When Weatherford Pipeline and Specialty Services accepted the contract to perform the dewatering and drying operation for the Bluestream pipeline, the world's deepest offshore natural gas pipeline system, the company expected some challenges....

Geopressure compartmentalization forms Gulf of Mexico targets: exploration potentials include structural plays, seismic anomalies.(Geology & Geophysics)
April 1, 2004... The offshore northern Gulf of Mexico (shelf and deepwater) has immense potential of oil and gas reserves if all exploration tools can be integrated effectively. Stratigraphic and structural settings are the foundation of generating a prospect....

Innovation Norway builds on NTC achievements.(Norway)(Norwegian Trade Council)
April 1, 2004... Government assistance to Norway's oil and gas suppliers seeking to develop international activities is now channeled through Innovation Norway. The new body has been formed by amalgamating the Norwegian Trade Council (NTC) and three other...

Smart field promises major efficiency gains.(Norway)
April 1, 2004... Introduction of the smart field will transform offshore industry's production operations, opening the way to major efficiency gains. So says Arild N Nystad, president of PetroManagement, whose consultancy work on smart field projects has given...

Intsok events become diary date.(Norway)
April 1, 2004... A growing awareness of the wide range of technology available to the offshore industry from Norwegian contractors and suppliers is being created by Intsok, the Norwegian Oil and Gas Partners. The Intsok conferences and workshops have become a...

New service safeguards wells against blowout danger.(Norway)(Well Flow Dynamics)
April 1, 2004... The Olga 2000 transient multiphase flow simulator, best known for its application to pipeline flows, has also proven useful in modeling well-bore flows. This application is in the hands of Well Flow Dynamics (WFD), which under an exclusive...

L-riser enables steel use in deepwater.(Norway)
April 1, 2004... Inocean has developed a steel production riser for deepwater application in a joint industry project sponsored by Norsk Hydro and Statoil. According to partner Jon Erik Borgen, the L-riser overcomes both the limitations of weight and fatigue...

Geohazard center to build on NGI's seabed research programs.(Norway)(Norwegian Geotechnical Institute)
April 1, 2004... The Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) provides a range of services to the offshore industry, including soil investigations, geohazard evaluation, foundation design, reservoir engineering instrumentation and performance monitoring and...

IFE project to extend modeling ability for long-distance multiphase flows.(Norway)(Institute for Energy Technology)
April 1, 2004... The Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) is hoping soon to kick off a research program called Horizon, which focuses on the long-distance transport of multiphase wellstreams. The program will extend the capability of the Olga transient...

Valhall set to realize BP's vision for field of the future.(Norway)
April 1, 2004... Valhall is one of BP's five flagship fields of the future, its designation for the implementation of a suite of technologies and working processes that allow better decisions to be taken faster, delivering increased value. Similar projects will...

Independents come knocking as Norway opens its doors.(Norway)
April 1, 2004... Independent companies are exercising a growing influence on Norway's oil and gas sector. Compared with the UK, where independents are numbered in the dozens, the trend is still at a relatively early stage, but this is also one of the...

Statoil toying with subsea separation on Tordis: qualified system could be implemented in 2007.(Norway)
April 1, 2004... Statoil's search for an application for novel subsea technology has switched from the Norne complex to Tordis in the Tampen area of the North Sea. Here, it has identified a potential for implementing enhanced oil recovery, but realizes that...

Norwegian technology profiles.(Norway)
April 1, 2004... APL APL's main product range is targeted at offshore oilfield developments. It includes: Mooring/transfer systems for FPSOs, FSOs, LNG, shuttle and standard tankers: STL (Submerged Turret Loading); STP (Submerged Turret Production);...

Norwegian exhibitors at Innovation Norway pavilion at OTC, May 3-6, 2004: stand nos. 4237, 4241, 4255, 4441.(Norway)(Calendar)
April 1, 2004... Advanced Mooring Supply AS Vestfjordgaten 4, 1338 Sandvik, Norway Contact: Ola Johansson ola.johanssoa@amsas.no Tel: +47 67102876 Fax: +47 67102873 Mooring systems, Mooring equipment APL--ADVANCED PRODUCTION AND LOADING AS Vikaveien 85,...

UK Offshore Operators Association.(People)(elected Encana (UK)'s Alan Booth as president )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Alan Booth, senior vice-president and managing director of Encana (UK), has been elected president of the UK Offshore Operators Association (London).

PSL Energy Services.(People)(appointed Phil Bentley as manager)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Phil Bentley has joined PSL Energy Services (Aberdeen) to manage the coin pany's UK pipeline, process, and well services operations.

Aramark.(People)(promoted Craig Ogden to regional operations director )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Craig Ogden has been promoted to regional operations director at offshore catering group Aramark.

Multiwave Geophysical.(People)(appointed Svein Kjellesvik as new head of strategic planning )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Svein Kjellesvik is the new head of strategic planning and industry affairs at Multiwave Geophysical (Norway).

Red Spider Technology.(People)(appointed Steve Nicol )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Red Spider Technology (Aberdeen) has appointed Steve Nicol assembly and test manager.

Apache Corp.(People)(named John Christmann as vice president, business development and Kregg Olson as vice president, corporate reservoir engineering)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Apache Corp. has named John Christmann vice president, business development. Christmann joined Apache in 1997 and has served as production manager for the Gulf Coast. The company has also named Kregg Olson vice president, corporate reservoir...

Stupp & Mannesmann Line Pipe LP.(People)(named Chuck King as vice president and general manager )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Chuck King has been named vice president and general manager of Stupp & Mannesmann Line Pipe LP, new joint sales and marketing company based in Houston, Texas.

Compagnie Generale de Geophysique.(People)(appointments)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Compagnie Generale de Geophysique has appointed Christophe Pettenati-Auziere as senior executive vice president for Geophysical Services, replacing Gerard Chambovet. Chambovet will take over as senior executive vice president for strategic...

Knowledge Reservoir.(People)(Peter Rutledge has joined the Knowledge Reservoir Aberdeen office )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Dr. Ivor Ellul, CEO of Knowledge Reservoir, has announced that Peter Rutledge has joined the Knowledge Reservoir Aberdeen office as managing director. This office is responsible for Knowledge Reservoir's business in Europe, Africa, and the...

BJ Process and Pipeline Services.(People)(appointed Andrew Barden and promoted Doug Sangster )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... BJ Process and Pipeline Services has appointed Andrew Barden to division technical manager. In his new role, Barden is responsible for all business development, engineering, and training activities for BJ. BJ Process and Pipeline also has...

Flotation Technologies Inc.(People)(appointed Fred Maguire to sales and marketing manager)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Flotation Technologies Inc., a deepwater buoyancy system company, has appointed Fred Maguire to sales and marketing manager. Maguire will oversee all sales and marketing activities and is responsible for increasing Flotation Technologies global...

Veritas DGC Inc.(People)(appointed Thierry Pilenko to replace David B. Robson, chairman and CEO)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... David B. Robson, chairman and CEO of Veritas DGC Inc., stepped down in March. After a four-month search, the company's board of directors has appointed Thierry Pilenko to replace Robson, subject to the receipt of immigration documents that will...

Unocal Corp.(People)(named James H. Painter to senior vice president)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Unocal Corp. has named James H. Painter to senior vice president, exploration and technology. Painter succeeds Christopher A. Wright, who will retire from Unocal later this year.

John Wood Group.(People)(appointments)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... John Wood Group has appointed Trevor Noble and Les Thomas as group executive directors. Both joined Wood Group in March and will join the board. Following the impending retirement of Bill Edgar, group director for the engineering and production...

Geotrace's UK.(Gavin Hills-Jones appointed)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Gavin Hills-Jones has been appointed vice president of reservoir services of Geotrace's UK subsidiary based in London. Prior to this appointment, Hills-Jones served as marketing director of Geotrace, responsible for the Eastern Hemisphere.

Fugro-McClelland Marine Geosciences Inc.(Vladimir Rapoport appointed)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Fugro-McClelland Marine Geosciences Inc. has named Vladimir Rapoport as the new president of Fugro CIS. Although based in Europe, Rapoport will lead Fugro's market development within the former Soviet Union. He will oversee the expansion of the...

PennWell Corp.(Companies)(launches Oil & Gas Financial Journal)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... PennWell Corp., publisher of Oil & Gas Journal, Offshore, and Oil, Gas and Petrochem Equipment, has launched a new publication called Oil & Gas Financial Journal. A preview issue of Oil & Gas Financial Journal premiered at the Howard Weil...

Woodside Energy Ltd.(Companies)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2004... Woodside Energy Ltd. will supply additional accommodation for up to 24 personnel on a gas platform operating on the North West Shelf off the coast of Western Australia. The contract covers the hire of three eight-man accommodation modules over...